How To Recover From A Productivity Meltdown

resetBE SURE to check out my video interview with DARREN ROWSE of ProBlogger at The Blueprint.

“So how was YOUR day? Did you get much done?”

“Well, I guess. I started off OK, but then I got sidetracked for a couple of hours. Then So and So came over and we talked for awhile. By the time they left, the day was pretty much shot anyway, so I just set my To-Do list aside and decided to mess with it tomorrow.”

I don’t know about you, but this kind of thing used to happen to me all the time. I would start the day off with a positive mindset and a list of things that I was GOING to accomplish, but then I would get sidetracked or start to procrastinate and eventually throw in the towel. The idea was that my momentum was gone so I wouldn’t be able to get much done with the time left in the day and I’d be better off starting fresh in the morning. Read more »

The Strongest Desire Always Wins

Last week I wrote a guest post for Peter over at The Change Blog called:

The Strongest Desire Always Wins

In it I talk about effective ways to break bad habits and I use the example of my struggle with sweets as an example.  I thought it was interesting that even though the ‘sweets’ example was just that, an example, most of the commenters talked about their struggles with sweets as well.  I guess it’s a more wide spread issue than I thought. :-)

I just thought I’d share this with you guys and encourage you to give it a look if interested.